Automatic dry collector for textile driers



T. M. CLAMPITT.

AUTOMATIC DRY COLLECTOR FOR TEXTILE RRIERS.

APPLICATION men DEC-17. I920.

1,433,121, Patented 0 11;.24,1922.L

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T. M. CLAMPITT. AUTOMATIC DRY COLLECTOR'FOR TEXTILE DRIERS.

APPLICATION FILED DEC- 17, 1920.

Patented Oct. 241

Patented Get. 24, 1 922.

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AUTOMATICDRY COLLECTGR FOR TEL lLTIL-lt DRIER Application filed December 17, 1920. Serial l lo. 4231,50 1.

lectors for Textile Driers, of whichtlie foL lowing is a specification My invention relates to apparatus for col-- lecting and bunching articles delivered from the drying machine and is particularly adapted for use in connection with textile drying machines.

' The primary object of the invention is to provide a collecting and bunching mecha nism which is readily applicable, and automatic in operation, and which will increase both efficiency and operation and output of the machine to which the same is applied.

With these and such other objects in view as will be apparent from the description, the invention resides in the novel construction, combination and arrangement of parts, hereinafter described and claimed, and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a rear elevation of my im proved device as applied to a textile drier, the parts thereof being shown in elevation;

Figure 2, a horizontal plan view, with parts broken away, of Figure 1; and

Figure 3, a central vertical section through Figure 1.

As illustrated in Figure 1, the device shown is adapted to be attached to the main bars 10 at the delivery end of the ordinary textile drier mechanism, and the invention in particular comprises brackets 5 extending rearwardly of the main frame and suitably attached thereto at a point substantially in alignment with the feeding port-ions of the machine. The brackets 5 are formed preferably of sheet metal with their lower edges flanged towards each other to provide a support for a table beam 6 extending there between and adapted to serve as a table for the reception of the green material to be fed into the drier.

Adjustably mounted on the brackets 5 are laterally extending metal arms 5, substantially rectangular in shape and provided with a longitudinal slot 7 in which are dis posed fastening bolts 4 carriedby the brackets 5, whereby the arms may be laterally adjusted to any desired position, as fully illustrated in Figure 3. Depending from the inner ends of the arms 5 are swinging supports 3 pivoted at their upper ends to the arms 5 and their lower ends to a co. arml. The collecting arm comprises a meta; plate having disposedthereon fingers S at spaced intervals and. provided at each end with upturned flanges 9 suitably slotted. for the reception of bolts 2 adapted to engage with the swinging supports 3,'whereb v the arm may be adjusted at the desired angle on the lower end of said supports.

The fingers 8 comprise metal strips having oppositely bent terminals, the rear terminalsof which are extended upwardly and the forward terminals slightly downward. The disposition of the arm and fingers is such that the inner ends of the fingers 8 will be disposed substantially centrally of the delivery apron 11 of the drier.

In operation. the green material from the.

table 6 is fed to the feeder 12 of the drying machine, whence it is subsequently delivered to the delivery mechanism 1.1 and will be precipitated upon the inner ends of the fingers 8 of the collecting arm. Due to the suspension of the collecting arm by means of the supports 3 reciprocating motion will be imparted thereto by intermittent striking of the delivery apron joints 13 against the inner ends of the fingers 8 and the material to be dried will be delivered upon the arm in such manner that the successive reciprocation of the arm will cause the material to be bunched. at the rear terminals of the fingers, from which the same may be readily removed in any desired manner. With the adjustment described, the device can be adapted for various materials and various grades of bunching, and while I have described and illustrated certain details and materials which enter into the construction and operation of this invention, 1 desire it to be understood that I do not intend to limit myself to these, but that any such may be used as will fall within the scope of the invention as Q 1 ,as

bnnching of material collected on said 001- lecting arm.

2. In a device of the character described, the combination with the main frame of a drying machine, of rearwardly extending brackets secured to said frame, laterally extending arms adjust-ably disposed on said brackets, pivotally suspended members carried by said arms, collecting mechanism disposed on the lower ends of said arms, and means onsaid collecting mechanism for cooperation With the mechanism 01' the machine for automatic launching of the material collected by said mechanism.

.3. In a device of the'character described,

THOMAS M. CLAMPITT.

Witnesses V. B. Fox, J. J. RYAN. 

